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Les Afro-Néo-Écossais à l'époque de l'esclavage et de l'abolition

La prison militaire de Melville Island, Halifax, servit d'abri temporaire aux réfugiés afro-américains après la Guerre de 1812

Over 800 recently arrived black refugees were accommodated here between April 1815 and June 1816. The largest number at any one time was 600 in June 1815. The prison had been built in 1808 to hold French prisoners of the Napoleonic Wars; it was also used for American prisoners of the War of 1812. The prison appears very much as it would have looked to the refugees in 1815. It burned down on 10 April 1935.

date: 29 May 1929

Photographer: Gauvin & Gentzel

numéro de référence: Nova Scotia Archives Photo Collection: Army: General negative number: N-6207

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